linux-kernel - Re: [REGRESSION] 3.6-rc2 and 3.6-rc3: TCP/IP network connection hang

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Date:	Thu, 23 Aug 2012 22:59:02 +0200
From:	Martin Steigerwald <Martin@...htvoll.de>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [REGRESSION] 3.6-rc2 and 3.6-rc3: TCP/IP network connection hang

Am Donnerstag, 23. August 2012 schrieb Eric Dumazet:
> On Thu, 2012-08-23 at 22:35 +0200, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> > Hi!
> > 
> > Its a bit difficult to describe. With 3.6-rc2 and 3.6-rc3 on an
> > Lenovo ThinkPad T520 from Linus git, I get occasional network hangs:
> > 
> > On for example sending a small mail via SMTP to my Debian Squeeze
> > based server via a ASUS WL-500gP Router with
> > Debian Squeeze and some 2.6.34 kernel KMail hangs.
> > 
> > It just doesn´t complete sending out the mail.
> > 
> > I have seen this once with 3.6-rc2 and now also with 3.6-rc3 that I
> > tried cause it had quite some network fixes.
> > 
> > Notebook: 10.0.0.10 (IP and MAC changed)
> > Gateway:  10.0.0.1 (IP and MAC changed)
> > Server: 194.150.191.11
> > 
> > 
> > Below is a tshark capture of such an occurence.
[…]

> Fix is under way :
> 
> http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git;a=commit;h=9b04
> f350057863d1fad1ba071e09362a1da3503e

Thanks.

I think I will wait until Linus takes it into his tree and compile a new 
kernel then. Unless you express interest that I test it more quickly. Then 
I may consider doing just that given that the fix applies cleanly to 3.6-
rc3.

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